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Ray tracing and beyond : phase space methods in plasma wave theory / E.R. Tracy ... [et al.]
Material Type | Books |
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Publisher | Cambridge |
Classification | LCC:QC718.5.W3 DC23:530.4/12 |
Year | Cambridge University Press , 2014 |
Size | xxi, 521 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
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Contents | Introduction Some preliminaries Eikonal approximation Visualization and wave field construction Phase space theory of caustics Mode conversion and tunneling Gyroresonant wave conversion Appendix A: Cold plasma models for the plasma dielectric tensor Appendix B: Review of variational principles Appendix C: Potpourri of other useful mathematical ideas Appendix D: Heisenberg-Weyl group and the theory of operator symbols Appendix E: Canonical transformations and metaplectic transforms Appendix F: Normal forms Appendix G: General solutions for multidimensional conversion Glossary of mathematical symbols |
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Notes | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Authors | *Tracy, E. R. (Eugene Raymond), 1956- Brizard, Alain Jean |
Subjects | LCSH:Plasma waves LCSH:Ray tracing algorithms LCSH:Phase space (Statistical physics) FREE:SCIENCE / Nuclear Physics. bisacsh |
ID | 1000081798 |
NCID | BB15897003 |